Bathing suit



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Nov. 8,- 192 7.

C C. JANTZEN BATHING SUIT Original Filed NOV, 12. 1920 Egge nvenm U12/Z anem Reissued` Nov. 8, 1927.

UNIT-ED STATES Re. 16,783 y PATENT OFFICE.

CARL c. JANTZEN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, Assiettes rro JANTZEN KNITTING MILLS,

` A CORPORATION or OREGON.

BATHING SUIT.

Original No. 1,390,135, dated September 6, 1921, Serial No. 423,587, led November 12, 1920. Application for reissue filed October 19, 1925.

This invention relates to wearing apparel, such as bathing suits, and more particularly to one piecebathing suits. l

The primary object of the invention is directed to a novel design for a bathing s uit which will not bind the body and which permits freedom of movement.

Another Object of the invention is the provision of a one piece union bathing garment wherein= the back of the garment iswhich will be manifest and suggested as the nature and purpose of the invention are revealed in the following specification and in `the attached drawing wherein I have shown a practical and the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a front View ofthe garment;

Figure 2 is a front view of the trunk portion of the garment;

Figure 3 1s' a rear portion of the trunks;

I to like and corresponding parts on the drawing.

Numeral 1 designates the body and numera-l 2 the trunks of a union garment. The

latter are made of elastic, closely woven material permitting the same to be stretched in all its parts, and therefore, the trunks 2 are adjustable to any form and do not sag when wet. The body and trunk portions, 1 and 2, of the garment aresewed together on the dotted line 3, just below the waist line 4, as is clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing.

Referring now to Figure 2, it will be seen that the back of the trunks 2 are made longer than the front and are cut in a semi-circular pattern as indicated at 5. This pattern gives.

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common objection of modern designs of bathing suits. The binding is more pronounced when the trunks 2 are affixed to a body 1 to provide a onepiece suit. It will ofy course be understood that the width of 'the semi-circular portion 5 will vary with the size of the suit or trunks but in all instances, this portion Of the trunks will allow for the necessary pull on the garment incident to distortions of the body while swiming or engaging in other strenuous exercise.

The gusset indicated at 6 is stitched at 7 to the leg portions 8, 9 and the scat l0 of the trunks 2. rear sides 11 and 12 of the gusset are substantially twice the length of the front portion thereof. This allows for freedom of the wearers body and prevents binding in the seat portion'lof the trunks. Due to the elasticity of the material, the gusset 6 and thesemi-circular portions 5 of the trunks, permit perfect freedom of the body without pull on the garment. In all instances, however, the garment will cling to the body, but will not bind in the seat, or back, and this is true when the garment is wet or dry.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my invention embodied in one form by wa-ylof example this being asocalled one piece bathing suit- In practice, this garment has been found tobe highly satisfactory in obtaining the results hereinaboveset forth. vIt will be obvious, however, that other embodiments may be adopted, and that various changes in `the details of construction may be resorted to by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is furthermore understood that the invention is not necessarily limited or restricted to the precise elements shown except in so far as suchlimitations are specified in the subject matter being claimed.

I claim 1. In a one piece bathing garment of the class described, a body,'a trunk portion attached thereto, the rear waist line of said trunk portion being cut along a, curved line It is to be observed that the j and stitched to the body whereby the rear f of the trunk portion is longer than the front thereof, and a substantially triangular gusset twice thel length at the rear of the garment than at the front thereof and stitched to the trunk portion to allow for binding in the seat and back of the garment due to distortion of the body.

2. In a one piece bathing garment of the class described, n body, a trunk portion attached thereto, the rear Waist line of Said trunk portion being out along a curved line und stitched to the body whereby the rear of the trunk portion is longer than the front thereof, and both front and back sewed in a straight line which provides fullness in the buck, and :1 substantially triangular gus- Set twice the length at the rear of the garment than at the front thereof and stitched to the trunk portion to allow for binding in the seat and back of the tortion of the body.

CARL C. JANTZEN.

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